Etiology of neonatal jaundice in hospital and home deliveries

ABSTRACT

To study the etiology of neonatal jaundice in hospital and home delivered babies, 748 mother/baby pairs from a private clinic and 245 babies delivered in two rural communities in the same calender year, were studied within 24 hours of brith. The results show a marked difference in the incidence of jaundice in babies delivered at home and in the clinic. A marked increase was also observed in babies born in the clinic during the months of July to September and bout in the community between April to June. Possible explainations have been discussed